Patents by Inventor LeRoy W. Crookes

LeRoy W. Crookes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4410281
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus and associated method comprising a system for supplying a first substance of liquid constitution and a system for supplying a second substance to an assembly of pipe elbows to effect mixing and transport of the substances along the assembly. The pipe elbows are right angle elbows connected one after the other in groups of three. Each group has an inlet and an outlet disposed in parallel planes and axially offset from one another. The pipe elbows in each group have center lines disposed in mutually perpendicular planes to cause the mixture to rotate as it travels along the pipe elbows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: Ralph B. Carter Company
    Inventor: LeRoy W. Crookes